Inangahua County

{{short description|Former county of South Island, New Zealand (1876-1989)}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}} {{Infobox Former Subdivision |conventional_long_name = Inangahua County |common_name = Inangahua County |subdivision = [[County (New Zealand)|County]] |nation = [[New Zealand]] |p1 = |s1 = |flag_s1 = |year_start = 1876 |event_end = |year_end = 1989 |date_end = |image_coat = |image_map = |capital = [[Reefton]] |stat_area1 = |stat_pop1 = |stat_year1 = |category= |today = [[Buller District]] |footnotes = }} [[File:View of Cornish Town, Inangahua County (21314935269) straight, cleaned (cropped).jpg|thumb|Cornish Town, also known as Cousin Jack Town, Inangahua County, 1910s]] '''Inangahua County''' was one of the [[counties of New Zealand]] on the [[South Island]].

During the period 1853 to 1876, the area that would become Inangahua County was administered as part of [[Nelson Province]]. With the [[Provinces of New Zealand#Abolition of Provinces Act 1876|Abolition of Provinces Act 1876]], Inangahua County was created, taking over administration of its area in January 1877. The county council's administrative headquarters was located in [[Reefton]].

Inangahua County existed until the [[1989 local government reforms]], when the [[Buller District]] was formed through the amalgamation of the Inangahua County, [[Buller County, New Zealand|Buller County]] and [[Westport, New Zealand|Westport Borough]] administrative areas.<ref>{{cite web |title=Buller Heritage |url= http://ent.kotui.org.nz/client/buller/?rm=BULLER+MOST+PO0%7c%7c%7c1%7c%7c%7c1%7c%7c%7ctrue |publisher=Buller District Libraries |accessdate=25 October 2013}}</ref>

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[[Category:Counties of New Zealand]] [[Category:Politics of the West Coast Region]] [[Category:West Coast Region]] [[Category:1989 disestablishments in New Zealand]] [[Category:1876 establishments in New Zealand]]